Mary’s Catholic Church
P.O. Box 70 office@SaintMarysMalta.org Office: (406) 654-1446
Malta, MT 59538 Fr. Cory Sticha - Pastor Fax: (406) 654-1467
April 14, 2019 www.SaintMarysMalta.org
Mass Schedule
4/15: Malta 8:30 AM: Repose of the soul of Kent Simonis r/b Brenda Rummel
4/16: Malta 8:30 AM: Repose of the soul of Fr. Roger Viek
4/17: Malta 8:30 AM: Terry Stiles family r/b The Howells
4/18: HiLine 7:00 PM: Repose of the soul of Terry Stiles r/b KofC Council 2124
4/19: Malta 12:00 PM: (Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion)
4/20: Malta 8:30 PM: Linda Berg r/b Helen DePuydt
4/21: Dodson 8:30 AM: Repose of the soul of Jack Munsinger r/b KofC Council 2124
Malta 10:00 AM: For the Parishioners
Saco 12:00 PM: Glen Lyden r/b Helen DePuydt
Knights of Columbus # 2124 Parish Council of Catholic Women
Meets First Tuesday of the month Meets Second Sunday of the Month
Weekly Eucharistic Adoration
Every Friday from 9 to 10 AM (following daily Mass)
Confessions: Saturdays Noon 1p.m., 1/2 Baptism: Normally celebrated at weekend
hour before daily Mass (Tues., Weds., and Masses. Parental sessions are required.
Fri.) or by appointment Marriages: Six month couple preparation
Anointing of the Sick: Please contact Fr. period required. Please meet with Fr. Cory
Cory as soon as possible for anointing. before scheduling marriage date.
Pope Francis' Universal Intention Catholic Quotes
For April: Universal: For doctors and "Free will, though it makes evil possible, is
their humanitarian collaborators in war also the only thing that makes possible any
zones, who risk their lives to save the lives love or goodness or joy worth having."
of others. C.S. Lewis
Everyday Stewardship
Jesus warns us in the Gospel of Matthew, God on that cross. It is God who cries out
"If anyone wishes to come after me, he in despair, feeling the ultimate depth of
must deny himself, take up his cross, and human emotion. And there lies the key for
follow me." It is an invitation to a way of us in trying to live this life of carrying our
life, and a plan that leads to holiness. But crosses.
make no mistake, it is a warning as well. For those who suffer the death of a loved
The cross is a sign of victory, but only in one, the Father lost his Son. For those who
light of the Resurrection. Alone, it is a suffer the ravages of disease, his body was
symbol of ultimate sacrifice: the sacrifice broken, beaten, and pierced. For those who
of Jesus Christ for a fallen world, and the feel they have no way out whether due to
sacrifice we are called to make to truly prisons that are physical or prisons that are
follow him. of the mind he hung on a cross and cried
The power of this symbol has been out, "Why?" For those who feel alone and
diminished in popular culture. It is often abandoned, he hung on a tree where no one
used in fashion and simple wall art and on could comfort him, not even his own
bumper stickers and Tshirts, sometimes mother. He has walked in all our shoes, and
with Christian clichés and sometimes not. now we are called to walk in his. In the
But the cross is something so much more. cross, we find solidarity with the human
It is a reminder of the pain, suffering, and condition. In an empty tomb, we find our
death of one who loved us so much that he hope.
would give his very life for us. It is our Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
Mass Intentions Please consider having Masses celebrated
for family and friends on special occasions
Mass Intentions: As Catholics, we have a
and anniversaries, as well as those who are
long tradition of having Masses celebrated
in need of prayers. Masses are also
for those we offer up in prayer. The Mass is
encouraged in memory of those loved ones
the ultimate form of prayer, and each Mass
who have died, especially on the
is celebrated for an intention. We ask $10.00
anniversaries of their deaths. Please contact
per mass intention.
Fr. Cory for more information.
Word of Life from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
“When battered by life's storms, or
immersed in a dense fog of suffering and
uncertainty, we may feel alone and
unequipped to handle the circumstances.
Yet with words that echo through
thousands of years into the corners of our
hearts, the Lord says to us, ‘Do not fear: I
am with you’ (Isaiah 41:10).”
USCCB Secretariat of ProLife Activities
201718 Respect Life Reflection
Holy Week Schedule
Monday: Stations of the Cross 5:30 PM Dodson
Tuesday: Confessions Noon1PM & 6:307:30 PM Malta
Wednesday: Confessions Noon1PM & 6:307:30 PM Malta
Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper 7 PM Malta
Good Friday: Confessions 11 AMNoon & 7:308:30 PM Malta
Celebration of Our Lord's Passion Noon Malta
Stations of the Cross 7 PM Malta
Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil 8:30 PM Malta
Easter Sunday: 8:30 AM Dodson
10:00 AM Malta
Noon Saco
Please Pray For
Lois Goodheart, Tom Lankford, Barb Darrah, Terri Cole, Tom Golik, Susan Hofer, Joyce
Wright, Bonnie Lankford, Joyce Donavan, Marian Holman, Joyce Boos, Leona Keinenberger,
Makayla WilkeHofeldt, Michael Fred Ereaux, C.J. Bishop, Bruce Hould, Bobby Ereaux,
Janeen Brookie, Linda Berg, Myrtle Hould, Jeanie Engebretson, John Murray, Payton Kill
Eagle, Mary Kelly, Roberta Pospisil, and those from our area serving in the military.
For the repose of the souls of Bob Bushman, Terry Stiles, Jack Munsinger, Doris Nicholson, the
Poor Souls in Purgatory, and for comfort and peace for their families.
Anyone who needs to have prayers said for someone can call Dianne Salsbery at 6541443 or 6544675;
Jean Niebur at 6542822. Names will be listed in the bulletin for one month unless specified.
New to the Parish?
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parish, please fill out this form and drop it in the collection basket. You may bring it by
the parish office or send it to us.
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Thanks!
Trivia at Blue Ridge Brewing
Think you're a trivia expert? St. Mary's St. Mary's Parish is sponsoring this evening
Parish and Blue Ridge Brewing is giving of trivia, music, and fun. $5 will buy into
you the chance to prove it! Know a lot two rounds of trivia, with Blue Ridge
about popular music from many eras and Brewing gift certificates available to win in
styles? Show us! each round.
Join us on Thursday, April 25th at 6:00 Bring your friends and
PM at Blue Ridge Brewing, 320 S 1st St plan for an evening of
E (next to the car wash). trivia fun!
Live The Liturgy
Once hailed with blessings and hosannas as It is all necessary: the hardship and the joy,
he approached the Mount of Olives, the the suffering and the glory, the
same God is nailed to a cross amid cries for disappointment and the inheritance. When
His crucifixion. What an ironic twist of life takes a turn for the worse, we often
fate. What an unjust end to this question where God is. Are we ready to
compassionate, simple, and loving life. walk through our lives as did Jesus, with a
Life's ironies and cruelties are dramatically persistent trust that regardless how difficult
witnessed today and throughout this Holy our journey, all will work out in the end.
Week. The thread of God's love is woven "Father, into your hands I commend my
through it all as it reveals God's spirit."
transforming, redemptive, and salvific plan.
Parish Council
Regina Webb (Malta) Cliff Merriman (KofC) Leona Kienenberger (Dodson)
Charlie Mears (Malta) Wilma Mavencamp (PCCW)
Shawn Bleth (Malta) Tom DePuydt (Saco)
Gospel Meditation
Palm Sunday is a strange day in our council of elders, denied by Peter, whipped
liturgical calendar. We begin by waving by Roman soldiers, and condemned to
palms, but somewhere in the middle, we death by Pilate. But what else do we see?
call for Jesus to be crucified. We celebrate Jesus heals someone who came to arrest
today an equally paradoxical God, one who him, forgives his torturers, promises a
comes to save through suffering. repentant man paradise, and by his loving
endurance converts a centurion at the foot
"I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones
of the cross. Jesus is both Redeemer of the
will cry out!" Jesus, who so often in the
World and Suffering Servant. In taking on
Gospels tries to hide his true identity,
speaks thunderously to the Pharisees who the mantle of Messiah, Jesus does not only
would still the rejoicing crowd. At the Last receive our praise and our accolades, but he
bears our burdens and sins and does so with
Supper, Jesus confirms the Messianic
promise to his disciples, saying "I confer a the deepest love. He may go about our
salvation in a paradoxical way, but he is
kingdom on you, just as my Father has
conferred one on me." Yet, before the night dearer to our own suffering hearts for it.
This week, we remember that no sorrow of
is over, Jesus has been betrayed.
our own is beyond the reach of the
We hear the tragedy unfold in Luke's compassion of God.
Passion narrative. Jesus is abused by the
2019 Care and Share Begins!
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and Share Annual support is received with great gratitude,
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in progress! family of faith, sharing in toils and
Coming together as a faith community, our happiness together, and being molded into
gifts touch the entire faith community of the image of God.